Maserati Quattroporte

The Maserati Quattroporte doesn't leave much to gripe about.
Beautiful, devastatingly quick and with four luxurious seats, it does just about everything, and does it well.

Our only niggle with the Quattroporte - and it's not even a biggie - is the clunky semi-automatic paddle-shift gearbox. It's a bit hesitant and agricultural, especially in auto mode.

So Maserati's decision to equip the Quattroporte with a proper six-speed auto 'box is good news. The all-new transmission system promises to smooth up gear changes and, thanks to a torque converter, boost low-rev pick-up without limiting power.

We wouldn't have said no to a nice manual 'box, but we're old-school like that.

The Quattroporte Automatic is set to show off its new transmission at the Detroit motor show in January and goes on sale soon after.

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